[19th Anniversary/AX Korea ①] Into the Agentic AI Economy... The Changing Rules of the Game

AI agents are rapidly becoming the tech sector’s defining trend, led by Anthropic’s Claude Code and followed by stronger agent features from OpenAI, Cursor, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

Some market watchers say agents could eventually replace parts of traditional SaaS, pushing pricing from per-seat licenses toward usage- or outcome-based models.

The shift could reshape how companies build software, buy tools, and compete across the enterprise market.

But major questions remain around profitability, as heavy compute costs and ongoing losses continue to pressure AI companies.